Kingston unveiled the Data Traveller GE9 line of USB 2.0 flash drives, characterized by 24-carat gold-plated bodies. Available in conventional capacities of 8 GB and 16 GB, the drives are tested to provide up to 20 MB/s of transfer rates. The 16 GB variant was tested by Expreview to push bits around at 19.15 MB/s (sequential reads) and 5.14 MB/s (sequential writes). The 8 and 16 GB variants are priced at the equivalent of $8 and $14.